SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO BẾN TRE ĐỀ KIỂM HỌC KỲ I (2021-2022)

Trường THPT Chuyên Bến Tre Môn: Tiếng Anh 11 (Chuyên)

Thời gian: 60 phút (không kể phát đề)

Họ tên học sinh: ……………………………………………. MĐ: 564

I. LISTENING TEST (2.5p)

PART 1: Questions 1 -10 (1.5p)
A. Questions 1 – 5, listen and choose the best answer (A, B or C).
1. What’s Harry’s problem?
A. He doesn’t want to sell his things.
B. He wants to take everything to England.
C. He needs to decide what to do with his possession.
2. Which of the items bellow does Harry want to sell?

A B C
3. Where is Harry going to advertise his books for sell?
A. In the university bookshop.
B. In the economics department.
C. In the student newspaper.
4. Andrea thinks it’s unlikely students’ll buy the furniture because ………………
A. They are all doing the same thing
B. They live at home.
C. It’s the summer vacation
5. Andrea thinks that a second shop …………………
A. may not take your goods
B. may only take free goods
C. may not pay well.
B. Questions 6 – 10, listen and complete Harry’s notes using NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS.

THINGS TO DO
6. …………………. ...furniture etc in Trading Post.
7. … …………………....…or sell kitchen things.
Get 8. … ………………..... first from second hand shop.
Give clothes to 9. … ………………….. … shop.
10. … ……………........fridge and microwave to Andrea.

1 MĐ 564
PART II. You will hear an interview with a careers officer giving advice for young people
applying to the police force. For question 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B or C) (1.0p).

1. What age do you need to be to join the police force as an officer?

A. exactly 16
B. less than 17
C. 18 or above
2. What does the woman say about qualifications?
A. You never need to have any
B. Sometimes you might not have to have qualifications.
C. You must have some school qualifications
3. What won't you have to do when you apply to be a police officer?
A. take a written exam.
B. have a check-up.
C. go for an interview
4. If you have committed a crime, ...........
A. You definitely won't become a police officer.
B. You can't always still become a police officer.
C. You might be able to become a police officer.
5. For the first two years of training, a police officer will ............
A. Spend time in the local community.
B. specialize in one area of police work.
C. Need to be given a lot of help.

II. LEXICALS & STRUCTURES (2.5p)

Write your choice here:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) which needs correcting.

1. Hypoglycemia is a condition in which a rapidly drop in blood sugar most often results from
A B C
an over secretion of insulin from the pancreas.
D
2. Newborn infants show a distinct preference for human voices over other sounds and also
A B
prefer her own mothers' voices to the voices of strangers.
C C
3. The Chippewa and Santee Sioux of the Upper Mississippi River regional have used
A B
calamite to produce carvings for almost 150 years.
C D
4. Absolutely nothing that floats, neither a corked bottle nor a 50,000-ton ships, can escape
A B C D
the effects of water currents.
5. The Wright Brother were owner of a bicycle shop, and they used a number of bicycle
A B
2 MĐ 564
parts to make the original motorized airplane.
C C
6. Gemstones are usually bright, color, opaque or transparent minerals found in the rocks
A B C D
of the Earth.
7. The modern detective story, in which a detective solves a crime by discovering and
A B
interpretation evidence, is considered to have originated with Edgar Allan Poe's
C D
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841.
8. The superintendent of women nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War was
A B C D
Dorothea Dix.
9. Gold or silver bullion serve into commerce as mediums of exchange all over the world.
A B C D
10. Today's farmers have increased milk production greatly through improved methods of
A B C
breeding, feeding, and manage dairy cattle.
D

Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

11. The first people to live in ………….. Hawaii were the Polynesians, who sailed there in
large canoes from other Pacific Islands about 2,000 years ago.
A. now where is B. what is now
C. it is now D. now this is
12. The Alaskan blackfish exhibits ………….. to both extreme cold and low concentrations of
oxygen under the ice.
A. remarkable, and resistance B. remarkable, resistant
C. remarkably resistant D. remarkable resistance
13. Penicillin acts both …………...
A. killing bacteria and their growth being inhibited
B. and to kill bacteria and to inhibit their growth
C. by killing bacteria and by inhibiting their growth
D. kills bacteria and inhibits their growth
14. Not until the 1850's ………….. in New York seek to rescue historic buildings from
destruction alteration.
A. some concerned citizens B. did some concerned citizens
C. some citizens concerned D. when some concerned citizens did
15. If a diamond is heated without oxygen, it will turn to graphite, a form of ………….. that it
is used as a lubricant.
A. carbon is so soft B. is carbon so soft
C. carbon so soft D. so soft the carbon
16. The acting of Mary Ann Duff was characterized by subdued dramatic force, fidelity to
………….., and a marked unity of effect.
A. of each play the structure B. the structure of each play
C. the play each structure of D. each play the structure of

3 MĐ 564
17. The coherent light of a laser ………….. entirely of synchronized waves of a single
frequency that travel in the same direction.
A. it composes. B. to compose it
C. is composed D. is composing it
18. ………….. that ornithischians, plant-eating dinosaurs, lived about 225 million years ago.
A. Scientists believe B. Scientists believing
C. Scientists believe in D. Scientists' belief
19. …………..that look American art out of the romanticism of the mid-1800's and carried it to
the most powerful heights of realism.
A. Winslow Homer's paintings B. It was Winslow Homer's paintings
C. When Winslow Homer's paintings D. Paintings of Winslow Homer
20. Settlers of the western United States had a sense of equality in the face of hardship,
………….. democratic political practices.
A. led to B. they had led
C. which led to D. was leading them to
21. The National Medal of Science is the ………….. given by the United States government.
A. highest science award B. highest award for scientific
C. ward that is the highest scientific D. highest, and awarding scientists.
22. Prehistoric people made paints by grinding colored materials ………….. into powder and
adding water.
A. if vegetation and clay B. that vegetation and clay are
C. how vegetation and clay D. such as vegetation and clay
23. The concept of television, ………….. images over distances, had intrigued scientists even
before the invention of moving pictures or radio.
A. the transmission of B. transmits to
C. for transmission D. the transmitting
24. Recent technology gives computers ………….., making them multimedia machines with
interactive potential.
A. both audio and video capability B. its capability is both audio and video
C. both audio and video are capable D. capable of both audio and video
25. ………….. at a music store was one of Lil Armstrong's first professional jobs as a young
pianist when she came to Chicago in 1917.
A. Demonstration tunes B. Demonstrating tunes
C. Demonstrate tunes D. Tunes that demonstrated

III.READING (2.5p)
Write your choice here:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

A. Read the passage bellow, and then decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
space.
In a world where 2 billion people live in homes that don't have light bulbs, technology
holds the key (1) _______ banishing poverty. Even the simplest technologies can transform
lives and save money. Vaccines, crops, computers and sources of solar energy can all reduce

4 MĐ 564
poverty in developing countries. For example, cheap oral-rehydration therapy developed in
Bangladesh has dramatically cut the death (2) _________from childhood diarrhea.
But even when such technologies exist, the depressing fact is that we can’t make them
(3)_____ for those who most need them. Solar panels, batteries and light bulbs are still beyond
the purse of many, but where they have been installed they change lives. A decent light in the
evening gives children more time for homework and extends the productive day for adults.
Kenya has a thriving solar industry and six years ago Kenyan pioneers also (4)_______
connecting schools to the Internet via radio links. These people were fortunate (5) ______
being able to afford solar panels, radios and old computers. How much bigger would the impact
be if these things (6)_______ and priced specifically for poor people?
Multinationals must become part of the solution, because (7) _______ they own around 60 per
cent of the world's technology, they seldom make products for poor customers. Of 1,223 new
drugs marketed worldwide from 1975 to 1996, for example, just 13 were for tropical diseases.
People think those enterprises should do more to provide vital products such as
medicines (8) ______ different prices around the world to suit (9) ____people can afford.
Alternatively, they could pay a percentage of their profit towards research and development for
(10) ______.
1: A. at B. to C. with D. for
2: A. amount B. penalty C. number D. toll
3: A. enough cheaply B. enough cheap C. cheap enough D. cheaply enough
4: A. were starting B. had started C. have been starting D. stared
5: A. at B. in C. by D. on
6: A. were made B. have been made C. are made D. made
7: A. unless B. however C. when D. while
8: A. with B. to C. at D. on
9: A. which B. what C. where D. that
10: A. the poor B. the rich C. the wealthy D. the better-off

B. Read the following passage carefully, and then choose the best answer for each of the
questions bellow.
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do
the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often
scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and
medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different
when you’re older.
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did
courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so
there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor
was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five
minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask question, and homework was

5 MĐ 564
a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my
parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got
rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of
other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much
better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the
maturity department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less
frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully
again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas-
from being able to drive a car, perhaps-means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you
don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will,
with application, eventually get there.
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a
teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at
the age of yen, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out
a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the
composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never
knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes
perfect.

11. It is implied in paragraph 1 that__________.

A. young learners are usually lazy in their class
B. teacher should give young learners less homework
C. parents should encourage young learners to study more
D. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning
12. The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up,________.
A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners
B. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged
C. they have a more positive attitude towards learning
D. they get more impatient with their teacher
13. The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “_____”.
A. First and foremost C. For beginners
B. At the starting point D. At the beginning
14. While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was
surprised_______.
A. to have more time to learn B. to be able to learn more quickly
C. to get on better with the tutor D. to feel learning more enjoyable
15. In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means _______.
A. impatient because of having nothing to do
B. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice
C. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be
D. staying alive and becoming more active
16. The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A. have the things you have long desired
B. arrive at an intended place with difficulty
C. achieve your aim with hard work
6 MĐ 564
 D. receive a school or college degree
17. All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT ____
A. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learner
B. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning
C. young people usually feel less patient than adults
D. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people
18. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning
process because adult learner______.
A. pay more attention to detail than younger learner
B. are less worried about learning than younger learners
C. have become more patient than younger learner
D. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners
19. It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you_______.
A. should expect to take longer than when you were younger
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger
C. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
D. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger
20. What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage?
A. To encourage adult learning.
B. To show how fast adult learning is.
C. To describe adult learning methods.
D. To explain reasons for learning.

IV.WRITING: KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION (2.5p)

1. She doesn’t enjoy herself if she isn’t the centre of attention. SPOTLIGHT
Unless ………………………………………………………., she doen’t enjoy herself.

2. He seems to be worrying a lot these days. MIND

He seems …………………………………………………………….. these days.

3. No one could believe how well Nadia performed in the first ballet role. SHOW
Nadia ………………………………………………………….. in her first ballet role.
4. That child was very rude to speak to you like that. CHEEK
That child ………… …………………………………………. to speak to you like that.

5. I know you want to drive there, but how about flying istead? SUPPOSE
I know you want to drive there ……………………………………….…… instead?

6. She demanded to see the manager. WISH

“I ……………………………………….. …………………………,” she said.
7 MĐ 564
7. You shouldn’t assume that he’ll help you. GRANTED
You shouldn’t ………………………………………………………. he’ll help you.

8. The town hall has approved the plans for a new sports centre. GREEN
The town hall ……………………………………………….. the plans for a new sports
centre.

9. My parents very rarely go up to London these days. BLUE

My parents only go ……………………………………………………. these days.

10. We have no choice but to believe what he says. WORD

We have no choice …………………………………………………….. for it.

THE END

8 MĐ 564